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(No Model.)

J. H. ROUSE.

RAIL JOINT.

No. 484,341. Patented Oct. 11, 1892.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

E JOHN HENRY ROUSE, OF ADVANCE, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN T. STRATMAN, JR., OF SAME PLACE.

RAIL-JOINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 484,341, dated October 11, 1892. Application iiled November 27, 1891. Serial No. L1:13.30'7. (No model.)

To ZZ'wi/om it may concern.- l

Be it known that'I, JOHN HENRY Rous/E, a citizen of the United States, residing at Advance, in the county of Stoddard and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Rail-Joint, of which the following is a speciflcation. l o

This invention relates to improvements in rail-joints. A

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of railjoints, to prevent the usual noise and rattling caused by the wheels of a train passing over a joint, to increase the strength of the rails at the joint, and to make, practically, a continue ous rail,and to allow for'the expansion and contraction-known as the creeping-of the rails.`

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

-In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a rail-joint constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective View of the inner fish-plate. Fig. 3 is a similar view of an end of a rail. Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional View, the parts being assembled.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, l l designate rails, which have their adjacent ends 2 beveled on. their inner faces or cut diagonally' and forming,slightlyshouldered points, which are arranged adjacent to each other. The rails are secured together bygshplates 4 and 5 and bolts 6, which pass through the fish-plates and thewebs of the rails inthe usual manner.V The outer fish-plate 4 is of the ordinary construction, `while, the inner sh-plate 5 is provided witha triangular enlargement 7, whichtits inthe angle or recess formed by two rails 1 l and forms, practically,

a continuous rail, the enlargement taking the place of the portions cut away from the rails. The enlargement 7 is formed integral with the inner` fish-plate A5 and extends above the upper edges 8 of the fish-plate proper, and its upper edge lies tlush'with the tread of the rails l 1 and forms a: bridge at the ends of the rails to carry the wheels Aof a train over the crack at the joint to prevent the usual noise and rattling which accompanies the passage of a train. This arrangement of partsallows more expansion without affecting or weakening the joint than by the ordinary arrangement of fish-plates. The inner fish-plate contains a great amount of metal and is thickest at the joint and makes the rails stronger at the joint than at any other part and forms, practically, a lsolid continuous rail.

In a rail-joint, the combination of the rails heaving their meeting ends cut diagonally or beveled at their inner rsides and forming slightly-shouldered points arrangedadjacent Ato eachother, a ish-plate arranged on the JOHN HENRY ROUSE.`

Witnesses:

J. W. BUnKs, H. M; FLANARY. a 

